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San Diego Bursage
Ambrosia chenopodiifolia
  
About San Diego Bursage (Ambrosia chenopodiifolia) 2 Nurseries Carry This Plant Ambrosia chenopodiifolia is a species of ragweed known by the common name San Diego Burrsage or San Diego Burr Ragweed. It is native to Baja California, and California as far north as San Diego County, where it is a member of the coastal sage scrub plant community. This is a thickly branching shrub exceeding 3 meters in maximum height. The leaves are ovals up to 3 centimeters long and coated in white hairs. They are sometimes lobed. Like other ragweeds it is monoecious, with each flower cluster bearing heads of pistillate (female) flowers below a cluster of staminate (male) flowers. The flower cluster is spiny, especially when in fruit. The fruit is a spherical, woolly bur about half a centimeter long covered in hooked spines.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Shrub

Size
Size
5.5 - 11 ft tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
Cream

Flowering Season
Flowering Season
Spring

Wildlife Supported
 


Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Full Sun

Nurseries
Nurseries

Common uses
Common uses
Hedges

Natural Setting
Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 10.3" - 14.4", Summer Precipitation: 0.24" - 0.35", Coldest Month: 50.9" - 54.6", Hottest Month: 71.8" - 77.4", Humidity: 1.59" - 21.44", Elevation: 66" - 871"

Alternative Names
Common Names: San Diego Bur Ragweed, San Diego Burr Ragweed, San Diego Burrsage


Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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